Kenia

“Variant of Kenya — Mountain, white mountain, or ostrich mountain” — Kikuyu origin

Girl's name · #1253 in the US (2025) · 2010s

Kenia's best rank, #643, came in 2012; it has settled back to #1253 today. Roughly 10,000 girls have been named Kenia since 1961. Together with its spelling variant Kenya (#2499), Kenia would rank around #1003 with about 250 births last year — the newborns split about 72/28 between Kenia and Kenya.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 19 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Kenias

Kenia Sinclair — athletics competitor
Kenia Carcaces — Female volleyball player from Cuba
Kenia Os — Mexican influencer, youtuber and singer
Kenia Lechuga — Mexican rower
Kenia Rodríguez — Cuban judoka

What Kenias become

Among 38 notable people named Kenia:

Sports figures appear 2.59× more often than among typical names — e.g. Kenia Sinclair, athletics competitor.

Similar names: Kenya · Nathaly · Kenzie · Aanya · Montserrat · Mireya

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